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APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1911.

Patented May 28, 1912.

mvenon COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. c,

' UNITED I sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

ALBERT PARADIS, F PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR lO SAMUELSTERNBERGER COMPANY, AU CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

ful Box, of which the following is a speci! fication.k l My inventionconsists of a paper or other box in which provision is made for, thecon- V tents of the box in good land marketable condition, the essentialfeature of the inven- 'tion comprising a plate or ledge of novel.

construction on which said contents are rested, and a plurality ofsupports for said ledge, said supports being composed of a cord which isdoubled fon itself and formed into an endless loop lengths of which passunder said ledge and then through the sides of the body of the box, theopposite terminals of the loop outside of the body then being tightenedover the lid of the box, and the cord knotted, the kno-t being locatedunder a tongue on said lid so as to be lowered below the upper surfaceof the lid' avoiding a bulge on said surface, said tongue beingcontrolled and covered with said knot'by a seal, all serving to provethe intact condition of the box at its place of reception or delivery,while the lid is firmly held in position on the body of the box andprevented from improper opening. When the box is opened, the loopremains a fixture of the same and so is adapted to be reused, the knotand` said tongue not having been injured or destroyed by said seal, sothat another knot inay be formed on the length H and a fresh sealapplied and secured to the portion of the box outside the opening formedby said tongue while again freely covering the latter and the knotbeneath the same without applying the adhesive material of the seal tothe knot.

The invention is satisfactorily'illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific ar-'rangement and organizationshown and de- Vscribed.

Figure l represents a perspective View of.

cord employed. Figs. 5 and 6 represent perspective views of portions ofthe lid of the box showing the tongue employed in different positions.Fig. 7 4represents a perspective view of the ledge employed.

ySimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings :-A designates thebody of apaper box, andB'designatesl the lid thereof, said parts excepting the features of myinvention applied thereto being of ordinaryv construction. Within thebody,

Vis the plate or ledge C on which the goods o-rcontents of the box arerested, said ledge being preferably card or paste board or other pliablebut sufficiently strong material.

Patented May 28,1912. Applicationled July 6, 1911. i `Serial No.637,124.

Under'said ledge are placed two lengths D. Y

D. of'an endlessloop 'of cord, the same passing upwardly from the sidesthereof and then out of the body A through the openings E. E.,converging over the sides and top of the lid forming the loops J, Kwhich are on opposite sides of the lid. The two lengths of cord inprimary condition form the loop G, its ends being united by the knot F,as shown in Fig. 4L. The converged end of the loop J is united by saidknot F, shown also in Fig. l, and has a length H of cord continuous ofthe loop, the same 'extending transversely across the top of the lid andis passed through the opposite converged end of the loop K and twinedback therefromY on itself forming the supplemental loopL f which isdrawn up and tightened and so tightens said loops and cord within thebody.

The loop L is secured by the knot M thus holding the piece of cordtightly on the box while the ledge C is held up in a plurality of placesand so prevented from bulging downwardly and thereby keeps the goodsimposed thereon firm against the inner side of the lid of the box andprevents shifting and mussing of the same.

In order to prevent the knot M from bulging upwardly and forming anirregular surface on the top of the lid, I form on said top the hingedtongue N, which is punched out from the material of said top and adaptedto be raised, as in Fig. 6. Then the knot M and an adjacent portion ofthe piece of cord is passed under said tongue and the latterV closeddown when the knot is depressed and occupies a position below the tongueand the latter occupies the opening from which said tongue is cut orpunched out. In order to prevent rising of said tongue, I applythereover the seal P which is secured by adhesive material to theportion of the top of the lid, around said tongue, thus covering saidtongue and rendering it comparatively immovable in upward or outwarddirection.

Vhen the seal is broken the knot h/I is accessible and the same may beopened, thus loosening the piece of cord, and separating the loops J. K.and length H thereof, when the lid may be raised and the contents of theboX are accessible the same being found in admirable and marketablecondition in which they were originally packed.

Uien the cord is applied primarily to the boX and passed through theopenings E, and the knot F is formed, the resultant loops J. K. preventthe cord from being drawn out or removed improperly from the box ineither direction and so under ordinary circumstances, the cord remains afixture of the boX ready for subsequent re-use.

The tray C is formed of a piece of material having its side end portionsupturned and downturned producing the grooves or inverted V-shaped sidesQ, the top bands of which are reinforced by pieces R of suitable iibrousmaterial secured thereon.

The walls of the grooves or inverted V- shaped sides Q are pliable or'flexible and so are adapted to be fitted on the top edges of the body ofthe boX whereby the ledge is suspended in position and admits of the lidbeing placed over said walls, thus retaining the latter in position onthe body while the ledge proper acts as a transverse brace to preventeollapsion of the body of the box, then the two legths D of the cordserve to balance the tray and cause uniform upward pressure thereon frombelow preventing distortion of the tray when said cord is tightened, andthus the tray will be held flat against the underside of the contents ofthe boX.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a boX, a plurality of openings in the sides thereof, and a pliabletongue integral with the lid thereof, and an endless loop of cord partlyin the boX, passed partly through said openings and partly outside ofthe box, the outside portions converging toward each other, saidportions being adapted to be drawn together and connected by a knot, thelatter being adapted to be passed under said tongue and covered by thesaine, leaving the tongue flush with the adjacent portions of the lid.

ALBERT PARADIS.

Witnesses JOHN A. TrEDnRsI-Innu, N. DUssINGER.

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